Shade-roller bracket



110.752,089. -PATENTED FBB.16`, 1904.

J. o. MILLER. SHADE ROLLER BRAGKLT. vAMLIOA'I'ION FILED APR. 11. 1903t H0 MGDEL. l

atm da lllgungm NUL UNITED STATES Patented February 1S, 1904.

PATENT I OEEicE.

JOHN C. MILLER, .OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- HALF TO EDGAR S. ELDRIDGE, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

SHADE-ROLLER BRACKET.

SPECIFICATION forming -peut of `Letters Patent N0. 752,089, dated February 16, 1904.

Application filed April 1l, 1903.

` zen of the United States, residing at Philadelphia, in the State of Pennsylvania, have invented anew and useful Shade-Roller Bracket, of which `the following is a specification.

Thisinvention is an improved construction of shade-roller bracket, theV object being to provide a simple and inexpensive construction of bracket which can be connected to the window-frame without the use of screws or nails; and a still further object is to provide a bracket which can be arranged at the upper end of the guideway for the lower sash, so that the said bracket will not interfere in the least withinside blinds connected to the window-frame.

Vvith these objects in view the invention consists in constructing a shade-roller bracket from a single piece of sheet metal, said bracket comprising a depending bracket-arm, the supporting-legs provided with means for engaging the window-frame, whereby the bracket is secured in place; and the invention consists also in providing a depending leg integral with the depending bracket-arm and supporting-legs, said depending leg having an inwardly-projecting foot-piece, against which the upper end of the lower sash is adapted to' strike, said leg and foot-pieces limiting the upward movementof the lower sash, and thereby preventing said lower sash coming in contact with the shade-roller bracket.

-The invention consists also in certain details of construction, hereinafter fully described, and pointed out in the claims.

VIn the drawings forming part of this specilication, Figure l is .a perspective view showing the practical application of my invention. Fig. 2 is aface View of the shade-roller bracket Y arranged in the window-frame, portions of said window-frame being shown in section. Fig. 3 1s a detail perspective View of the shaderoller bracket disconnected from the windowframe. Fig. 4: is a vertical sectionalview of said bracket, the central depending leg being shown partly in edge view. Fig. is a plan view of the blank before being folded into the bracket illustrated in Fig. 3.

In practice I prefer to construct my imseriai No. 152,236. on moda.)

proved constructionof shade-roller bracket from asingle piece of sheet metal, inasmuch as simplicity and cheapness of construction are two essential objects of theinvention, and in so constructing the bracket I employ `a bracket-arm A and the supporting-legs B, together with a central depending leg D. The bracket-arm A is folded upon the line A', so that the bracket-arm A will occupy a vertical position, and it will of course be understood that the brackets arev made in pairs, one bracket having a circular aperture to receive the round pintle of the shade-roller, while the other bracket is formed with the elongated socket to receive the flat spring-pintle carried at the opposite end of the shade-roller. The legs B are bent upon the lines B, and the leg D is bent upon the line D', therebyT making the top portion of the bracket flat, so that it will fit evenly in the upper end of the window-frame, as shown most clearly in Fig. 2. The legs B are curved outwardly, as shown, and at their' curved or bowed portions are provided with triangular-shaped barbs O, the outer face C of each being straight and the inner face O2 of each being inclined, as most clearly shown in Fig. '3. The barbs C are bent at right angles to the legs B and can readily be forced into the guiding-beads of the window-frame, thereby securely fastening the bracket to the window-frame without the use of screws or nails. The lower ends of the supporting-legs are bent slightly inwardly,

so that they can be easily grasped whenever it is desired to remove the bracket from the window-frame. The inherent spring of the supporting-leg serves to grip the barbs in engagement with the window-frame after said barbs have once been forced into the said frame. The central depending leg D rests parallel with the depending bracket-arm A and extends downwardly to a point a short distance below the lower ends of the supporting-legs, and at its lower. end the depending I jecting foot carried by said leg.

2. A shade-roller bracket comprising a iat top portion, an arm depending from said top portion, said arm having an aperture therein, legs depending from said top portion on each side of the arm, said legs being divergent and of spring metal, and means extending below said legs and adapted to limit upward movement of a lower sash.

3. A shade-roller bracket comprising a depending bracket-arm, the spring supportinglegs provided with barbs, and the central depending leg having an inwardly-projecting foot-piece, substantially as described.

L A shade-roller bracket formed of a single piece of sheet metal and comprising the depending bracket-arm, the spring supporting-legs provided with triangular-shaped barbs, the outer edges of said barbs being straight, and their inner edges inclined, and the central depending leg having an inwardlyprojecting foot-piece at its lower end, said foot-piece being arranged below the lower ends of the supporting-legs, for the purpose set forth.

JOHN C. MILLER. Witnesses:

WILLIAM E. BORING, 'JOHN E. JAMES. 

